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I have been with my significant other for 5 years now. My situation is a little different because I am not married to him. I have a residence with my child and he bought a house with his mother. The thing is, he is a wonderful, gentle, kind guy, but he is also BFFs with his mother. She cooks for him every night and they have all their bills together and she says she takes care of him like she did her husband. He wants me to move in and gets frustrated because I don't. But his mom is boss of
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MIL told DH last weekend she & FIL were coming to visit following weekend. Have not heard from them since; I do not know if they are definitely coming or not. DH will not honor my request to call them to find out. I don't feel like spending money on groceries if they aren't serious about visiting.
Second item of concern is MIL brings incense to burn. Last visit I found incense ash on the carpet in the bedroom where they stayed. I get instant headaches when I smell incense, however,
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My mother in law calls us screaming 20-30 times a day. She has panic attacks, and calls 911 on people walking down the street. The kids are so traumatized by her, we all shake when we hear the phone ring, we spend most of our free time taking care of her - she has robbed us of our lives for years! We are barely surviving!

She has come to stay....she has no home. I know to most this may seem harsh but she has caused years of problems, lies for attention and doesnt seem mentally stable. My husband thinks we need to take care of her and he is taking a new job out of town. I want her gone!

I do not have a MIL yet, but I been with my BF for 3 years now and his mom is ALREADY getting to me. I am worried that she might be a deal breaker in the near future. So I'm just going to lay this down in chronological order.

-We got together

-Him and his dad had problems and I took him in and kept in safe while he was skipping school ( of course I had to skip with him to make sure he would stay out of trouble ) His mom was aware of this when she came to his school
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